nesses of Almacks, and the patrons of Crockford's. There is even in Mr. Heath's engraving of Lawrence's picture of Lady Beresford, something that detracts from the acknowledged beauty of the original. Miss Sharpe's Lover's Quarrels is pretty; but her Gipsy Children has no character of that tawny wizard people at all, and we think could never originally have been meant for them: if we are not mistaken one has a smart shoe and buckle! Carolina by Stephanoff has the usual grace of that artist; and La Valiere by Chalon is tenderly and sweetly touched. The Discovery of Stothard must be an old picture, and is hardly in its place in a work of novelties. Mr. Cattermole had a fine subject in Lord Surrey and Geraldine, but his Surrey is neither so handsome or so ardent as he ought to appear; indeed, he appears most dreadfully alarmed; and the vision of Geraldine should have been thrown still further back, and represented in a smaller compass. Of the prose tales we best like Mrs. Hall's Blanche Bolton, and the Deserted Chateau; but there is no story of superior interest, or first-rate execution, in the volume. Of the poetry, we must say, as we should of the fair authors, it is best seen by candle-light. Lady E. S. Wortley is rapidly improving since her last volume, which is owing to the London season having been some time and her Ladyship has had time to study the family-poet Crabbe.

over;

The Biblical Keepsake, with Engravings, by W. and E. Finden, with Descriptions, by Rev. T. H. Horne, B.D.-If it were not for the false and foolish legends that would interrupt the feelings of piety when they were most excited, it would be a goodly thing to kindle our devotion by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land; to realize the scenes on which we have so often dwelt, and give a body and pressure' to the forms which fancy had endeavoured to create, when she imaged the august abodes of all that was sacred and venerable on earth.

"Running brook and fountain clear,
Oft shall meet thine evening ear,
The harps that hang on rock and tree,
Again shall wake their songs for thee,
Till the list'ning night look down,
Stooping low her starry crown,
And the voice of seraphim
In bright order seem to hymn,
Till a fairer Paradise

Open to thy youthful eyes,
Till in thy pure and spotless breast
Angels build their bower of rest,
And the God himself enshrined,
Dwell in the meek and lowly mind."

The present is a valuable and beautiful work, upon which much talent and care have been bestowed; the sketches are from the original drawings, which have been brought home in the portfolios of travellers; and adorned with those graces which the pencils of Callcot and Turner could give. The engravings are by Messrs. Finden; and when we mention that Mr. Hartwell Horne has drawn up the descriptions, we may be sure that they are not wanting in knowledge and accuracy. Perhaps, in some cases, a little minuter detail, and more spirit, might have been thrown into the narrative, such as we meet with in Bishop Heber's descriptions, or in Dr. A. Clarke's Travels: but still we have no fault to find with the simplicity and sobriety of Mr. Horne's language. The landscape of Ararat is finely picturesque, and reminded us of a landscape of Titian's. The view of Petra is most curious,

where within her marble womb Dark Petra guards the nameless tomb, In many a mountain chamber deep Inurned, the stately ashes sleep, Of th' antique kings, whose sceptred sway,

E'en Pella's distant walls obey.

As there probably does not exist a more singular city in the world than this, which has survived in the silence and solitude of more than two thousand years, we shall be excused for adding a few words to Mr. Horne's description of it.— Petra was the chief town of the Nabatæi. It appears from Strabo, that previous to the reign of Augustus, or under the late Ptolemies, a very large portion of the commerce of India and Arabia passed through Petra to the Mediterranean. See Col. Leake's Introduction to Burckhardt's Travels, p. vii. See also a plan of the place in Burckhardt, p. 434. Petra, under the Romans, gave the name of Arabia Petrea to the surrounding territory. See ditto, p. vi. viii. A comparison of the architecture of Wady Mousa, and at Tadmoor, strengthens the opinion that Palmyra flourished at a later period than Petra, ditto, p. x. Mousa, says Col. Leake, is perhaps an Arabian corruption of 'Mosera,' where Aaron is said to have died, vii. See a highly interesting account of the journey to Wady Mousa and Petra with Mr. William Bankes, amid the jealous and contending Arab tribes, in Irby and Mangle's Travels, p. 335405. "Abou Zatoun (the father of the olives), the Shiekh of Wady Mousa, with violent gestures swore by the beard of his prophet, and by the honour of their

women, that we should not drink of their water, or pass into his territory. Abou Raschid sprang on his horse, and seized his spear, exclaiming, I have set them on their horses; let me see who will dare to stop Abou Raschid.' On the coming up of his people, he took an oath,-by the honour of their women, and by the

FINE

Mr. MARTIN'S illustrated edition of Gray's Elegy is another and scarcely equalled exhibition of the talents of the modern school of Engraving in Wood. The Editor has made a very judicious selection, in adopting for illustration one of the finest poems in the English language, and which affords to the artist a considerable variety of subjects. Every stanza is provided with a picture, and among the able designs, are figures from the pencils of Stothard, Howard, Westall, Callcott, &c.; landscapes by Constable, Copley Fielding, Barret, and Dewint; a battle-piece by Cooper, illustrating picturesque architecture by G. Cattermole, &c. &c. In a story by a variety of artists, there is this great difficulty, that their representations of the same scenes, and the same persons, are sure not to correspond. On the whole, the difficulty has been pretty well surmounted in the present case, and there is great harmony throughout. The landscapes, though exquisitely beautiful, are English, the churches are English, and architecturally accurate (how seldom did we formerly see an artist design a pretty country church!) the figures are as forcible as will be expected from the great names we have mentioned. We like all, except the last, which is a monument and effigy in the open air (where such never was) instead of the Poet's humble tomb. Indeed, the sepulchral effigy occurs twice too often. It is very well in the first instance, in "the long drawn aile;" but in the second we should have had the ponderous monumental "urn" of Gray's day, and the "animated bust" of Sir Cloudesley Shovel.

Sketches of Churches and Chapels in Surrey, by H. PROSSER. Parts I. and II. 4to. This is a meritorious work, by a young artist, the brother of Mr. Prosser, author of the Views of Seats in the same County, and Hampshire. The plates are neatly executed in lithography, and comprise both exterior and interior views of the churches, with sketches of the monuments, fonts, &c. and occasionally views of the parsonage.house. The value of the descriptions is en

faith of a true Mussulman, that we should drink the water of Wady Mousa. And Abou Raschid's words were stronger than the words of Abon Zatoun." We shall only add that a coin of Petra is to be found in Patini Numm. Imperator. p. 200, folio.

ARTS.

hanced by copies of the epitaphs, lists of incumbents, &c. The subjects already published are Stoke by Guildford, Pirbright, West Clandon, Worplesdon, St. Nicholas Guildford, West Horsley, East Horsley, and Woking.

Switzerland, in Views, by W. H. BARTLETT. Parts II. III. IV.-The purchasers of this work will derive continued pleasure from the beauty of the landscapes, and the excellence of the engravings.

Preparing. A north-east view of Kimbolton Castle, the seat of the Duke of Manchester, by Edwin Blackley, M.D. F.R.G.S.

NEW STATUES.

A statue of Corneille, from the chisel of David, has been recently erected in Rouen, his native city. It is of bronze, and stands about 12 feet high. The cere mony of its inauguration was attended by all the public functionaries of Normandy, and by several literary gentlemen, who pronounced eloquent panegyrics on the Author of the Cid. The most interesting group, however, was formed of living members of the family of Corneille, consisting of Mdlle. Jeanne-Marie Corneille; M. Pierre-Alexis Corneille, Inspector of the Academy of Rouen, and member of the Société Libre d'Emulation, his wife, and children; M. Joseph Michel Corneille, who is employed in the Indirect Tax-office at Paris; and M. PierreXavier Corneille, who is Conservator of the Books at the office of the Minister of Public Instruction. Before the conclusion of the ceremony, it was announced that the King, in compliance with the recommendation of the Academy, had granted a pension of 2000 f. to the family of Corneille. They enjoyed a pension of 2,500 f. previously to the late Revolution.

M. David has just furnished the model of the statue of Baron Cuvier, for the town of Montheliard, his native place. The Baron is represented in the attitude of profound meditation. In one hand he holds a pencil, in the other a piece of paper, upon which he has designed the figure of the mammoth and its skeleton;

upon a pedestal the jaw of the mammoth, which gave Cuvier the notion of the construction of the entire animal, until then unknown. The artist has chosen this idea as indicating the origin of the glorious career of the great naturalist. The head is a perfect resemblance of him, and the monument will be worthy the man of genius to whom it is consecrated, as well as the skilful artist who executes it.

The Expiatory Chapel in the Rue d'Anjou, Paris, has been re-opened; the arrangements for placing on its pedestal the statue of Maria Antoinette, the unfortunate consort of Louis XVI., being completed, preparations are making in the Court of the Palace of Versailles for erecting a pedestal to receive the statue of Louis XIV. the first stone of which was laid a few days ago by the King.

The Emperor Alexander's monument at St. Petersburg consists of a granite Doric column, rising from a pedestal placed on a base formed of several steps. The capital is of bronze, surmounted by a demi-sphere, on which is an angel raising the right hand towards heaven, while with the left hand, armed with a cross, it is crushing a serpent. The four sides of the pedestal are bordered with trophies, enclosing allegorical figures, representing the Niemen, the Vistula, Glory, Peace, Justice, Clemency, Wisdom, and Abundance. Between these subjects on three sides of the pedestal are inscribed the years 1812, 1813, and 1814, and on the fourth, which faces the Winter Palace, is an inscription to this effect, "Dedicated to Alexander I., by the gratitude of Russia." The pedestal is truly colossal. It stands even higher than the immense rock which serves as a pedestal to the statue to Peter the Great.

On the 19th of August, the anniversary of the day on which Prince Charles Edward Stuart unfurled his standard at Glenfinnon, in 1745, the handsome monument erected by Mr. Macdonald of Glenaladale, to commemorate the fidelity and bravery of those who fought and suffered in that arduous struggle, was surmounted with a beautiful statue of that unfortunate prince, executed by Mr. Greenshields, statuary, near Lanark. It is of solid stone, upwards of seven feet in height, and represents the prince in the full Highland costume, looking towards the pass whence issued the gallant Lochiel with his Camerons.

His Majesty's gift to the Regalia in the Crown Room of Edinburgh Castle has been deposited there by the officers of state in Scotland. It consists of a golden collar of the Garter, with rose diamonds

and enamelled "George," worn by James VI. (the present of his Queen); an ancient rose diamond badge of St. Andrew; and a sapphire ring. These relics were presented to George IV. by the late Cardinal York. The good taste of our present monarch in this appropriation of these valuable remembrances of the an. cient kings of Scotland, is very sensibly appreciated.

The cenotaph erected to Sir Henry Hotham at Malta, represents a square eippus or Roman funeral pillar, raised upon a black marble base, and three white marble steps, the uppermost forming a zocle to the cippus; and a bust of the deceased crowns the whole. On the zocle are the words " Sir Henry Hotham, by the Officers of his Fleet, MDCCCXXXIII." The cippus is ornamented with a bas-relief representing his Majesty's ship Northumberland destroying the Arienne and Andromaque frigates, and Mamelouck gun-brig. This cippus, as well as the bust, was executed at Rome, by Bigliocchi, under the direction of the celebrated Thorwaldsen. The whole design is set off by a black marble background, fixed against the wall. The cost of the whole is upwards of 6007., subscribed exclusively by the Officers of the Mediterranean Fleet under his command.

CROSBY HALL.

A handsome oriel window has just been completed by Mr. Willement, in Crosby Hall. In the upper tier of ligl. s, No. 1. contains the figure of St. Helen, to whom the adjoining priory was de licated. No. 2. The arms of Sir John Crosby, by whom the Hall was erected in the reign of Edward IV. No. 3. The arms of the Grocers' Company, who have been liberal contributors to the restoration. No. 4. The arms of Richard III. and his well-known badge, the white boar. No. 5. The arms of King Richard, impaled with the rich emblazonment of his wife, and the white bear, the ancient cognizance of the Nevilles. No. 6. The arms of Sir Thomas More, who held the lease of Crosby Hall, under the prioress of St. Helen's, and was chiefly resident there for some years prior to 1523, when he removed to Chelsea. No. 7. The arms of Lord Darcy, who obtained the freehold by grant from Edward VI., after the dissolution of the priory. No. 8. The City arms. Beneath the Royal arms are the falcon and fetterlock, and the white rose, the badges of Edward IV., to whom Sir John Crosby was a faithful adherent. The armorial bearings of Sir John Spencer and William Bond, and of their respective companies, conclude

the series of ancient proprietors, who are thus commemorated. (See the Table of Possessors and Occupiers of Crosby Hall, in Mr. Blackburn's Architectural and Historical Account.) Among the proprietors omitted by Mr. Willement, are Sir Bartholomew Reed, who kept his splendid mayoralty in Crosby Hall, A. D. 1502; Germayn Cyoll, and his widow, the daughter of Sir John Gresham; Sir William Compton, and three successive Earls of Northampton.

The arms of the present proprietor, and those of the committee, subscribers to the restoration, will occupy the other windows opening into the quadrangle.

THE ALMANACS.

Among the variety of new Almanacs with which the country has been deluged, in consequence of the removal of the Stamp Duty, we wonder we have not seen more that combine the ornamental with useful. It is true that the latter is the main requisite of an Almanac; and, entertaining that opinion, the public cannot do better than continue to support their old established servants, which are this year as cheap as can be desired, and have the authority of that competent editorship in which this mushroom breed of 1835 is

generally deficient. With respect to ornament, however, we must give some credit to Mr. Tilt; one of whose penny Almanacs is ingeniously contrived for the Lat. His Comic Almanac, also, is a hit. Jes literary humour is fair enough, though we do not see that the writer is entitled to exalt himself so very far as he does above "poor old Sir Robin"; but its graphic illustrations, by George Cruikshank, are inimitable. The signs of the Zodiac, and the Seasons, on the wrapper, are exceedingly clever; but the etchings of the Months, within, will add a fresh wreath to the brow of the modern Hogarth. Unlike former designers of the changeful seasons, who have ever harped on rural labours, he has taken the less beaten path of city scenes, and has pungently represented, in twelve plates full of truth and character, the succesive miseries of London weather, and other characteristic red-letter days of Cocaigne, such as all-fools in April, chimney-sweeps in May, Somerset-house in June, Vauxhall in July, oyster-day in August, Bart'lemy fair in September, Guy Vaux in November, and a Christmas dinner in the "last scene of all."

THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER.

Ever since the fatal Fire, the ruins of the Royal Palace, and St. Stephen's

Chapel, have been thronged with artists, making drawings of the ruins, at no little risk of personal injury, or, we may say, of incurring a similar fate to that of the Protomartyr himself. Since the late rains, the stones have tumbled all around them; and the falling mortar has given many an unintended tint to the sketches before them. Indeed, it was intirely owing to the long continuance of dry weather that their sketches represent so much of the ruins as they do. Mr. Britton proposes to issue the first Number of his History (announced in our last,) on the first of January. We understand that Mr. Mackenzie also has been employed to take drawings for Government; and we trust this argues well for the preservation of St. Stephen's Chapel, the main piers of which are perfectly sound, and which indeed might be fully restored from the drawings formerly made by Mr. Adam Lee. We are sorry to say, however, that it has been found necessary to remove the elegant porch, which was always conspicuous before entering the lobby of the House of Commons: and to add, that the beautiful oratory of Dean Chambers in the upper cloisters has suffered much wanton destruction from the disgraceful cupidity of the relic hunters, who have mutilated its exquisite niche-work, which is perhaps more deserving of the name of miniature carving than any efforts of the chisel ever executed. This is truly lamentable; and is enough to make one curse the whole tribe of collectors, whose senseless mischief has destroyed what the fire had left perfectly uninjured. Let them bury their stolen fragments, or parade them only to earn the contempt and reprobation of every man of either true taste or common honesty. They have defaced a public building, and are public enemies.

An ordinary appetite for relics might have been satisfied with what we may term the natural curiosities produced by the great catastrophe. The intense action of the fire had covered the bricks, and tiles, and slates, with a variety of vitrifications, and ashes of various hues, assuming in one case the appearance of perfect glass, in another of polished ware, and in a third of vegetable moss, whilst the liquid lead hung in some places like enormous icicles, or masses of watery weeds.

If all these were not sufficient, we would have recommended them (as we do still,) to Mr. Doubleday, of Little Russel Street. Our ingenious friend will furnish them with a portion of a beam under the Painted Chamber, with a portion of the lead which covered St. Ste

phen's Chapel, and a portion of the brass chandelier which hung in the House of Lords. The oak is turned into a box, in which is set an escutcheon of the brass; and the lead is cast into an impression of the ancient seal of St. Stephen's Chapel. This seal is oval, about 2 inches long; the design in the centre represents the Protomartyr standing, with a book in his right hand, and some stones, the symbols of his martyrdom, in the left: five of the Canons of the College are kneeling in prayer before him. In niches above are figures of the Virgin and St. John, and below is a shield of France (semé of fleurs de lis) and England quarterly. The legend is

S.com'e Decani & collegii capelli S'c'i Steph'i Westmonasterii. This seal is engraved, with two others, in the Society of Antiquaries' prints of St. Stephen's Chapel, pl. xxviii. but the word Westmonasterii is misread martiris alteru.

That extraordinary historical record, the Death Warrant of Charles the First, has been found safe. Mr. Nethercliffe the lithographer has republished his facsimile, together with a copy of a very curious contemporary picture of the King's execution; which is attributed to Weesop, the artist who (according to an anecdote of Walpole's) left England in disgust at that great national tragedy.

New Works announced for Publication.

No. 1. of Messrs. Brayley and Britton's Illustrations of Westminster Palace and Houses of Parliament. It will contain four Engravings, and an essay on the early annals of Westminster.

The First Volume of Mr. MURRAY'S Variorum Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, printed uniformly with the Life and Works of Byron and of Crabbe.

Life of the Right Rev. Reginald Heber, late Lord Bishop of Calcutta. By THOS. TAYLOR, Author of the Life of Cowper. In 1 small vol. with a portrait.

The Road Book to Italy. By Mr. BROCKEDON. The three remaining parts

to appear together.

Annals of the Coinage of China: being an Account of the Origin and Progress of the Chinese Mint, with engraved Specimens of their Coins and Medals-from the Shin Paoù, the Shell Currency, the Taou, the Pôo, or cloth-formed Coinage, the Tseen, or present Currency. By S. BIRCH.

A German Tale, descriptive of the age of Rodolph the Second. By Lord ALBERT CONYNGHAM.

A volume of Sermons preached in St. Paul's Chapel, Winchmore Hill. By the Rev. THOMAS BISSLAND, A.M.

The History of Germany, from the earliest dawn of authentic record, down to the present time, from the German of Kohbransch.

The second volume of England; an Historical Poem. By JOHN WALKER ORD.

KIDD'S Entertaining Library; with Engravings on Wood by Robert Seymour.

The Library Manual; a Guide to the Purchasers of a Library of Standard Books, with Critical Notices, &c.

The Rev. J. H. St. AUBYN'S ROmance, Robert d'Artois.

A new Guide to Spanish and English Conversation.

The Saxon's Daughter, a Tale of Chivalry, in Six Cantos. By the Author of "An Essay on Woman," &c.

The Game of Billiards clearly explained, and the scientific principles of the Side Stroke exemplified by upwards of sixty illustrations, by J. TILLOTSON.

A new Edition of CURTIS'S Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Eye.

The Life and Times of William the Third, King of England and Stadholder of Holland. By the the Hon. ARTHUR TREVOR, M.A. F.A.S.

A Memoir of the late Rev. J. Hughes, Originator of the British and Foreign Bible Society. By the REV. J. LEIF

CHIID.

Faustus; a Dramatic Mystery. Translated from the German of Goethe. By JOHN ANSTER, LL.D. Barrister-at-Law.

The Annual Obituary for 1835.

On the General Principles of Political Representation, and on the Vicisitudes in the Value of Money. By the Author of " Essays on the Formation of Opinions."

SOCIETY OF ARTS.

The following are the Evening Illustrations fixed for the present season.Nov. 11. Dr. R. Grant on Microscopic Animalcula; Dec. 9. Dr. Birkbeck on the Preservation of Timber and other vegetable substances; Jan. 13, 1835. Mr. A. Aikin on the Natural and Commer, cial History of Cotton; Feb. 10. Mr. J. Rose, jun. on the construction of Roofs; March 10. Mr. A. Aikin on Limestone and Calcareous Cements: April 14. Mr.